61 m. ago Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan and India accuse each other of striking military bases in major escalation

‘Multiple locations’ in India being targeted in retaliatory attacks, says state-run media, after Pakistan says three air bases attacked by Indian missilesFull report: Pakistan says it has hit back after India strikes military basesWho is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it is still widely understood that the most powerful man in Pakistan is not the head of the government but instead the chief of the army.Since Gen Munir took over as Pakistan’s army chief more than two years ago, he has been accused of quietly consolidating greater power without even having to topple the country’s civilian rulers. As he kept himself largely out of the limelight, he consolidated an iron grip over the army’s ranks and ben...

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1 hour ago Pakistan launches missile strikes as India hits back with raids on military bases in deepening conflict between nuclear

It's the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a massacre last month that India blames on Pakistan.

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3 h. ago Pakistan fires missiles at India in major escalation as nuclear tensions rise

Pakistan said it had carried out ‘precision’ attacks on Indian military sites, including a nuclear storage facility

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5 h. ago Nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan are a step closer to war. Here’s a timeline of how it happened

A gun massacre of tourists on April 22 has pushed India and Pakistan a step closer to war, marking the biggest breakdown in relations since 2019

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5 h. ago India and Pakistan: a conflict in the hands of two religious strongmen

Indian leader Narendra Modi and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir both believe they are fighting a just war against a sworn enemy

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5 h. ago Pakistan says it launches military retaliation against India

Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours have escalated closer to a full-scale war

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8 h. ago Pakistan launches strikes against India in retaliation for earlier attacks

Pakistan is responding after India fired missiles at bases in the country following a massacre of tourists in Kashmir

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8 h. ago The Latest: Pakistan says India fired missiles at air bases inside the country and Pakistan responds

State-run Pakistan Television says retaliatory attacks are underway after India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan

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10 h. ago Pakistan accuses India of targeting three military bases with missiles as tensions escalate

The Pakistan military said most of the Indian missiles, fired from military jets, were intercepted by air defencesPakistan has threatened further retaliation after accusing India of targeting three of its military bases with missiles fired from fighter jets, in a major escalation of the brewing conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.“India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a live broadcast aired by state television early on Saturday. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Pakistan says retaliatory strikes under way after accusing India of targeting military bases

Pakistan officials confirm counterattack against India has begun under the name Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos, meaning ‘wall of lead’ in ArabicPakistan said it had begun retaliation strikes after accusing India of targeting three of its military bases with missiles fired from fighter jets, in a major escalation of the brewing conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.“India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base have been targeted,” Pakistan military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a live broadcast aired by state television early on Saturday. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Pakistan's army spokesman says India has fired missiles at 3 Pakistani air bases

Pakistan’s army spokesman says India has fired missiles at three air bases inside the country, but most of the missiles have been intercepted

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15 h. ago Ten explosions heard near Kashmir airport as India and Pakistan exchange fire

Multiple explosions have been heard near Srinagar International Airport in Indian Kashmir, according to Indian officials, just hours after blackouts were issued amid drone attack reports

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15 h. ago PSL follows IPL by postponing matches amid growing hostilities between India and Pakistan

Ten English players are currently playing in the IPL, which will now be suspended for at least a week

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15 h. ago Pakistan Super League follows Indian Premier League in postponing matches

The PSL had originally moved some of its teams and infrastructure to the United Arab Emirates.

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16 h. ago England open to hosting IPL after border hostilities prompt suspension

ECB has reached out to BCCI after IPL halted PSL also suspended with UAE unwilling to step in as hostThe England and Wales Cricket Board is open to hosting the remainder of the Indian Premier League in September after escalating cross-border tension between India and Pakistan prompted the suspension of the world’s most lucrative Twenty20 tournament on Friday.In a chaotic 24 hours matches in both the IPL and the Pakistan Super League were cancelled or abandoned, schedules torn up and foreign players told to start packing and book flights home. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that the last eight fixtures of its tournament were being relocated to the United Arab Emirates, only for the Emirates Cricket Board apparently to reconsider its decision to host because it was “wary of being perceived as an ally of the PCB”, leading to that tournament also being suspended. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago The IPL is a good barometer in India: its suspension shows us how serious this is

The IPL is so closely intertwined with India’s politics that even cricket’s richest tournament could not continue at a time of crisisIt’s not often that two sets of people find themselves in the same situation on either side of one of the world’s most fractious borders.When Friday dawned, amid swirling rumours of missiles wrecking neighbourhoods and falsehoods about pilots being captured, cricketers in India and Pakistan sensed that something was about to give. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago India accuses Pakistan of using up to 400 drones to attack cities and bases

Islamabad denies launching strikes across northern India as Pakistani military says it will ‘not de-escalate’India has accused Pakistan of launching an attack with up to 400 drones that targeted cities, military bases and places of worship across the north of the country on Thursday night, as the Pakistani military said it would “not de-escalate with India”.India claimed to have intercepted hundreds of Pakistani drones, which it said came across the border into Indian-controlled Kashmir, as well as Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. It said a first wave of drones came on Thursday evening and another wave hit close to dawn on Friday. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Indian news website says access blocked amid crackdown on information

Prominent news handles blocked amid clampdown over Pakistani content and widespread misinformation

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22 h. ago Imran Khan’s party appeals for his immediate release fearing drone attack by India

Tehreek-e-Insaf says Khan’s safety is priority as India-Pakistan tensions escalate

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22 h. ago Indian army shares footage of attack on alleged terrorist Pakistan camp

The Indian army has shared footage of attack targeting what it says is an alleged terrorist camp in Pakistan on Friday (9 May).

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